Home to nearly a quarter of the nation’s death row population and in a state coping with budget crisis, independent analysts estimate that getting rid of the death penalty could save California taxpayers $130 million annually. The latest polls show a narrow margin of Californians oppose Prop 34, and that significant percentages are still undecided.

I sit here disturbed to the very core of my being as I just read the proposed revised procedures for the California Dept Corrections for implementing the death penalty. I must have made a public comment on the death penalty in my travels on the www as I found in my inbox, a pdf file, the actual revised procedures asking for public comment to CA Dept Corrections. I would like to forward the email and the actual State procedures to Ian.

Newt Gingrich wanted a mandatory death penalty for "drug dealers" i.e. anyone trafficking in over 200 "dosage units" of a controlled substance. Selling 2 ounces of pot would have qualified you for death. He is a truly evil man.

Joshua Messier had a good life that was turned upside down by the onset of schizophrenia, then ended at the age of 23 at the hands of correction officers at Bridgewater State Hospital. The hospital is run by the state prison system, and is home to the most violent mentally ill people in Massachusetts.

Officers while restraining Josh, suffocated him literally to his death. His death certificate says cause of death, is "cardiopulmonary arrest during physical restraint". The manner of death is ruled a homicide. The officers involved have been cleared of any wrongdoing.

Six Fullerton, California, police officers were placed on involuntary administrative leave as the FBI and Orange County District Attorney investigate the death of a homeless man who was in police custody, authorities said Wednesday.The decision by Police Chief Michael Sellers came just hours before a contentious Fullerton City Council meeting Tuesday evening. More than 100 residents spent three hours at the meeting expressing outrage about the death of Kelly Thomas, who sustained serious injuries during the July 5 arrest by the officers, a police spokesman said.

Daily News @ http://RevolutionNews.US ~ California voters snuffed out Prop 19 which would have legalized recreational marijuana cultivation, according to ABC News projections, but backers said they would try again to legalize pot in 2012.

Which would you rather lose? The Right to Vote or The Right to Bear Arms. Blog post showing several data sets set to maps.

* Are some human lives worth more than others?
* If you knew for sure you would not get caught, would you commit murder for any reason?
* Rate Your Self-Confidence
* Is homosexuality a sin?
* Is it logically inconsistent to support the death penalty but oppose abortion?
* Which would you rather lose? (The right to vote or the right to bear arms)